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| From The Lost Record Covers Club |
Eddie Kendricks was one of the stars of the Temptations classic line-up but left the group as Norman Whitfield moved them more towards psychedelic/symphonic soul and the band became only one ingredient of the whole production with lengthy instrumental sections coming to the fore. He made a couple of solo albums prior to this as he was moved around styles by Motown trying to find the right one for his beautiful falsetto. Ironically some of the tracks here are more contemporary. With the underated Frank Wilson producing, there are some real good moments with the title track, "Date With The Rain", "Girl, You Need A Change Of Mind", "Eddie's Love" standing the test of time. There is some filler material here and whilst those songs are not so strong I think they benefit from Eddie's vocal style and sound. I'd recommend this. It seems to be under the radar in the UK where he is best remembered for his Temptations tenure and the later "Keep On Trucking".
This has recently been released on in a CD set of three solo albums - which is worth it for the tracks here alone.
Tamla Motown - STML 11213 (although this is a US copy)
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